Draft appliance.



J. M. WRIGHHL 0. M. EAST.

DRAFT APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19,}913.

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JOHN M. XVRIGHT, 0F BRAINARID, AND CHARLES M. EAST, OF ULYSSES,NEBRASKA.

DRAFT APPLIANCE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN M. WRIGHT, of Brainard, in the county ofButler and State of Nebraska, and CHARLES M. EAsT, of Ulysses, in thecounty of Butler and State of Nebraska, citizens of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improveinents in Draft Appliances;and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto improvements in draft appliances andparticularly to combined pole or tongue attaching and supporting meansfor binders and the like.

One object of the invention is to provide an appliance of this characterwhich will permit the team to be hitched close to the machine and toenable the machine to make short square turns without danger ofupsetting.

Another object is to provide a draft appliance in which the lead end ofthe pole or tongue may be placed in the center of a four-abreast teamand in which the weight of the pole is removed from the necks of thedraft animals.

A further object is to provide a draft appliance shown in U. S. PatentNo. 9888 15 granted to us April 4, 1911, whereby the same is renderedmore efficient.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of our improveddraft appliance; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is a front'endview; Fig. d is a detail perspective view of the pole supporting truckof the appliance; Fig. 5 is a similar view of.

the lead end of the pole. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the outer end ofthe inner section of the pole and the brace bar thereof, showing theseparts disconnected.

Our improved draft appliance comprises a tongue or pole formed in innerand outer sections 1 and 2. The outer end of the inner section of thepole is provided on one side with an offset 3 and to said offset end ofthe inner section of the pole is pivotally connected the inner end ofthe outer section '2. The outer section is pivotally connected to theouter end of the inner section by a transverse pin or bolt 4:, to oneend of which and to the outer section of the pole is connected anangular brace 5. Connected to the inner end of the inner section of thepole 1 is a downwardly curved attaching or draft bar Specification ofLetters Patent.

Applicationfiled May 19,1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 768,555.

6, a similar bar 7 being connected at its forward end to the innersection of the pole near the forward end thereof as shown.

Connected at its forward end to the forward ing bar 10. The rear orinner end of the draft bar 7 also curves downwardly in line with thebars 6 and 10 and is adapted to be connected to the binder in the samemanner as the bars 6 and 10. By thus constructing the draft pole and itsattaching and bracing bars it will be seen that the pole may beconnected at a suitable position to the binder to prevent the draftanimals from running into the standing grain, at the same time the outeror lead section 2 of the pole may be connected with the center of a teamhitched four-abreast to the machine.

In order to support the weight of the pole and to remove the weightthereof from the necks of the draft animals, we provide a polesupporting truck comprising a forked frame 11 in the lower ends of whichis arranged a collar 12 on which are revolubly mounted supporting wheels13. The forked frame 11 has a swiveled engagement with the lower angularor inwardly bent lower end of a fork attaching bolt 14 the upper end ofwhich is loosely engaged with a bearing aperture 15 formed in theforward end of the inner section 1 of the pole and on the upper end ofwhich is arranged a nut 16 whereby the truck is pivotally attached tothe inner section of the pole. When thus attached to the section 1 ofthe pole the truck will swing in any direction with the movement of thetongue and will support the entire weight of both the inner and outersections of the pole, thus removing the weight of the latter from thenecks of the draft animals. 1

By constructing and arranging our improved draft appliance as hereinshown and described it will be seen that the draft animals may behitched more closely to the machine or vehicle and may thus come underbetter control. The outer section of the tongue when pivoted to theinner section as herein shown and described is free to swing upwardly ordownwardly, but is securely fastened against any lateral movementthereon.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the invention willbe readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principleorsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invent-ion, what we claim is:

' In a draft appliance for binders and the like, a pole comprising aninner section oflset on one side at its outer end, an outersectionpivotally connected to the offset outer end of the inner sectionto swing in a vertical plane, a brace connected with said outer andinner sections of the pole, an attaching bar connected to the innersection of the pole, angularly disposed draft bars also connected to theinner section of. the pole, a cross bar connected with said innersection of the pole and with said draft bars, and a pole supportingtruck arranged beneath and pivotally connected to the inner section ofthe pole.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. wnrerir. CHARLES M. EAST.

Witnesses CLARENCE PINNEY, A. O. KLEIN.

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